Principal Engineer / Senior Engineer - Transit - Chen Moore and Associates
Fort Lauderdale, FL
About the Job
About Us
Founded in 1986, Chen Moore and Associates (CMA), Inc. has grown into a highly regarded multi-disciplinary firm. CMA's areas of expertise include utility infrastructure, roadway, site development, electrical, planning, landscape architecture, and construction engineering services for both private and public sector clients. CMA prides itself on working to be part of the fabric of the community. We are leaders in community service and the profession. Our staff and our activities are centered around making the community we work in a better place to live. CMA promotes a fun and flexible work environment, taking pride in the quality of our work. CMA promotes a team-oriented approach, both inside and outside of the office.
CMA's headquarters are in Fort Lauderdale with offices in Miami, West Palm Beach, Orlando, and Jacksonville. The firm also has satellite and/or project offices in Atlanta, Gainesville, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, Sarasota, and Tampa. CMA currently employs over one hundred and thirty (130) professionals throughout the State of Florida, which affords our valued clients top-level service.
Chen Moore and Associates is hiring a Principal Engineer of Senior Engineer to perform Project Management. This position will provide program management support and oversight related to Broward County Transportation Department's (BCT) capital projects (Capital Projects) for the 30-year Transportation Surtax that is anticipated to receive over $16 Billion in local funds for transportation projects between 2019-2048. The Transportation Surtax Plan provides for various Capital Projects including approximately 32.6 miles of Light Rail Transit (LRT), 150 miles of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), new transit service systemwide, new local bus routes, realignment and extension of existing fixed bus routes, expansion of the community shuttle program, new Mobility on Demand (MOD) service, and other multimodal investments and transit facility expansions and improvements.
Candidates should be able to efficiently plan and organize workload, demonstrate success working with a team of professionals, a commitment to quality, good communication skills, and a positive work ethic. Florida Department of Transportation experience is preferred.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Project Management of planning, design, and potentially construction management of rail, transit, roadway, and transit oriented land development projects.
- Managing activities related to project scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, resources, and risk elements to optimize client service, quality, and fiscal responsibility.
- Project outlines, project initiation, project schedules, project executions, and project closeout
- Lead specification and contract document preparation including permitting, and stakeholder involvement.
- Manage day-to-day activities of project engagements including clients and project teams.
- Successfully interface with multi-disciplinary design teams that include consultant and owner team members.
- Achieve project objectives including quality/scopes, budgets, and schedules.
- Mentor engineering staff.
- Assist in marketing business opportunities with key clients and development of responses to RFPs/RFQs.
- Develop and maintain continuing business relationships with clients as part of ongoing business development efforts.
- Participate in local professional organizations.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering
- Master's degree is a plus.
- 7 years of relevant experience is required.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
- Excellent technical writing skills
- Strong client relationship skills
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Strong sense of urgency, project responsibility and initiative
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
CMA's High Standard of Professionalism
Chen Moore and Associates is a company which is unique in its commitment to quality. We are proud of our high standard of professionalism and the quality of service provided to our clients. We strive to establish a sense of pride and loyalty in our employees by maintaining a tradition of excellence in our work and a sense of family in our culture. We also aim to provide an environment that inspires and promotes individuals to reach the full extent of their potential and to continue in their personal "Search for Excellence." We offer a career opportunity rather than a job – an opportunity that will take our employees as far as they want it to go. You will find that both the management and employees of CMA are dedicated to high achievement and genuinely concerned about employee job satisfaction. In order for us to maintain high standards of excellence, we endeavor to have the finest personnel and only acquire those whom we consider to not only meet the high standards we set for ourselves as a firm, but those who will also blend with the firm culture. Your success is important to all of us.
Chen Moore and Associates is a Great Place to Work!
- Named 'Best Places to Work For' nationally by the Zweig Group in the
Multidiscipline Firm Category from 2008-2010 and 2014–2023. - Named to the 'Hot Firm's List' nationally by the Zweig Group from 2007-2011, 2014, 2016-2023.
- CMA is regularly recognized as a 'Best Firm to Work For' by the South
Florida Business Journal, Civil + Structural Engineer, ENR Southeast, and various local branches of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
OUR BENEFITS include:
- Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Life with Dependent Coverage
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Flexible Spending Accounts with Debit Card
- Voluntary Plans (Supplement Health, Critical Illness/Cancer, Accident)
- 401(k) Plan – Competitive Employer Match
- Supplemental benefits
- Flexible work schedules
- Continuing education
- Mentorship programs
- Professional societies
- Community engagement
- Cell phone
